As Imperceptibly as Grief Flashcards
As Imperceptibly
as Grief
The Summer
lapsed away
As Twilight
long begun
The Morning
foreign shone
A courteous,
yet harrowing Grace
As Guest,
that would be gone
without a
Wing, Or service of a Keel
Our Summer
made her light escape Into the beautiful
Context
She was very isolated and never talked to many people. She was always in her room and suffered from illness
Form/Structure
The poems rhythm mirrors the pattern of everyday speech making it sound like Dickinson’s honest thoughts.
The poet uses long dashes rather than conventional punctuation – this create long pauses and enhance the poem slow, reflective mood
In the poem is a Series of natural metaphors revealing the speakers feelings about the way that grief fades away naturally
The use of the single stanza adds to the sense of gradual change as there aren’t any stanzas to split up the ideas
